While Commonwealth Edison Co. is wiring Springfield to profitably recoup its upcoming $1.5-billion smart-grid investments, the utility's first Chicago-area test of the new technology did not connect very well with consumers.

The wait staff in the lobby lounge of the J. W. Marriott Chicago buzzes hyper-attentively around General Manager Catherine Mrowiec, 55, as she sips coffee, monitors customer activity and discusses her favorite info sources.

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Ask Paul O'Connor whether corporate tax incentives are a good idea or just so much pork, and the former head of corporate recruiting for Chicago responds with a list of big deals that deserved the dough we threw at them, and deals that didn't.

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Corrections

A printing error cut off the last line of a story about Patrick Ryan and Aon Corp. in Crain's May 23 issue. The omitted line noted that a spokesman for insurance broker Swett & Crawford Group Inc. declined to comment for the story.